EX-GIRLFRIEND OF MAN STABBED TO DEATH IS ARRESTED AT HOTEL HOURS LATER

NATIONAL CITY A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death in National City, and his ex-girlfriend was later arrested in connection with the killing, National City police said Monday.

Officers were called to a home on Paradise Drive near East 12th Street about 7:45 p.m. Sunday. They found Scott Eugene Humbert suffering from a single stab wound to the chest, police said. He died at a hospital.

Witnesses identified his attacker as 35-year-old Miranda Mae Gallegos, police said. She was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Monday at a hotel a few blocks from the crime scene. Gallegos was booked into jail on suspicion of murder, stalking and other charges.

Court records show Gallegos has felony and misdemeanor convictions dating to 2007 for crimes including burglary, unlawfully taking and driving a vehicle, and drug possession. Most recently, she was charged with burglary in East County, stemming from a Jan. 11 incident. A judge issued a warrant for her arrest last week.

In a letter to a judge in 2009, Gallegos said she had worked for two drug and alcohol centers and had been a job coach for the developmentally disabled at Goodwill Industries. She said she had four children.

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4-year-old boy who police say was killed by his mother is identified

San Diego

A Carmel Valley boy who police said was killed by his mother over the weekend was identified Monday as 4-year-old Daniel Corby, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

An autopsy on the youngster was completed, but his cause of death has been listed as pending, officials said.

Patricia Corby, 36, of Carmel Valley, was arrested Saturday morning after she showed up at the northwestern division of the San Diego Police Department station on El Camino Real just before 10 a.m. with her son in the car, homicide Lt. Ernie Herbert said. She flagged down a sergeant in the parking lot and directed him to her car, where he found that the Daniel was not breathing. Paramedics were unable to revive him, Herbert said.

Investigators determined that Corby killed the boy at her Torrey Circle apartment where she lived with her husband, who was at work at the time, Herbert said.

Corby was being held without bail at Las Colinas Detention Center on suspicion of first-degree murder.

A neighbor at the couple’s former home in La Jolla told 10News the boy’s father is an accountant, and Corby stayed at home to care for Daniel, who was a special-needs child. 10News is a media partner of U-T San Diego.

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Police investigating death of man killed in drive-by shooting

San Diego

San Diego police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old man who was fatally wounded Sunday night in a drive-by shooting in Valencia Park.

Officers were called to Thrush Street off Imperial Avenue about 10:15 p.m. They found the victim on the sidewalk suffering from gunshot wounds, homicide Lt. Ernie Herbert said. He died at the scene.

The victim was apparently walking on the sidewalk on Thrush when he was attacked. Witnesses who heard the gunshots reported seeing a dark-colored SUV leaving the area, Herbert said.